The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses

Traditions

Grimoires and ritual magic

Role in the tradition

Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.

Public attention

Notable Wikipedia has an article about it in 8 languages.

• Read at esotericarchives.com ↗ esotericarchives.com checked September 11, 2026
• The Sixth Book ↗ sacred-texts.com checked against the Internet Archive's copy of August 24, 2025, because the site refuses scripts · archived copy
• The Seventh Book ↗ sacred-texts.com checked against the Internet Archive's copy of August 27, 2025, because the site refuses scripts · archived copy

The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses is an 18th- or 19th-century magical text allegedly written by Moses, and passed down as hidden books of the Hebrew Bible. Self-described as "the wonderful arts of the old Hebrews, taken from the Mosaic books of the Kabbalah and the Talmud", it is actually a grimoire, or text of magical incantations and seals, that purports to instruct the reader in the spells used to create some of the miracles portrayed in the Bible as well as to grant other forms of good fortune and good health. The work contains reputed Talmudic magic names, words, and ideograms, some written in Hebrew and some with letters from the Latin alphabet. It contains "Seals" or magical drawings accompanied by instructions intended to help the user perform various tasks, from controlling weather or people to contacting the dead or Biblical religious figures.

From the Wikipedia article Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, revision 1356909245, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q476777: “18th- or 19th-century grimoire, attributed to Moses; instructs the reader in the spells used to create the miracles portrayed in the Bible, with annexes of Talmudic magic incantations and magical drawings”.